Fire fighters and emergency responders make sure the blaze is completely put out from this fire-stricken van in Purok Katilingban, Barangay Sagwa Banwa, Valladolid, Negros Occidental on Monday. MARK CABRILLO

Two vans collide, catch fire; 4 dead

BACOLOD City – Two wing vans collided then burst into flames in Purok Katilingban, Barangay Sagwa Banwa, Valladolid, Negros Occidental. Four persons were killed. Police...
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More female police execs eyed

ILOILO City – The public may soon see female police officers installed in key positions in the police force. The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) is eyeing to appoint...
These were the suspected shabu confiscated from a drug buy-bust operation in Barangay Singcang-Airport, Bacolod City on Monday night, Nov. 23, 2020. They were valued at P13.6 million. POLICE STATION 8

P13.6M ‘shabu’ seized in Bacolod

BACOLOD City – An estimated P13.6-million worth of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) were seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Singcang-Airport last night. The suspected...
“Limpyo Dalanun” is a province-wide convergence cleanup drive of the Iloilo provincial government. It will kick off on Dec. 11. HAYDEE DELACRUZ/FB

‘Limpyo Dalanun’ to boost road clearing program

ILOILO – The provincial government’s “Limpyo Dalanun” program is expected to augment the ongoing road clearing program of the Department of Interior and Local...
“Now that we have zero COVID-19 cases, please always bear in mind that still, we have to be vigilant, resilient, and compassionate at all times,” appeals Mayor Laurence Marxlen de la Cruz of Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental. JULIUS D. MARIVELES

DSB deploys health enforcers to keep ‘COVID-free’ status

BACOLOD City – The municipality of Don Salvador Benedicto in Negros Occidental deployed health enforcers as part of its initiatives to remain free of the...
Police Lieutenant General Cesar Hawthorne Binag, former Police Regional Office 6 director, is the new commander of the national government’s Joint Task Force COVID Shield. PNA

Ex-W. Visayas top cop Binag new JTF COVID Shield chief

MANILA – Police Lieutenant General Cesar Hawthorne Binag, former Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) director, has been appointed the new commander of the task...
Putting a ceiling on the number of returning overseas Filipino workers will prevent front-liners, quarantine facilities and local government units from being overwhelmed, says Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. of Iloilo province. IAN PAUL CORDERO/ PN

Floating clinic eyed in northern Iloilo

ILOILO – To make healthcare accessible to remote communities in the northern portion of the province, the provincial government plans to operate a floating...
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Kabankalan City hall shuts for three days

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – The city hall of Kabankalan in Negros Occidental will be closed for three days beginning yesterday. The building...

More COVID patients recover in WV

ILOILO City – So far, 16,094 residents of Western Visayas have recovered from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), data from the Department of Health...
Dr. Chris Sorongon, deputy for medical data analysis and assessment of EOC-TF

COVID-free Bacolod City brgys share best practices

BACOLOD City – Some villages here presented to the city government’s Emergency Operations Center Task Force (EOC-TF) their best practices in dealing with the...